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Microbiology

D-Index
91
Citations
29548
World Ranking
651
National Ranking
4

Kaarina Sivonen publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kaarina Sivonen sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 281 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Kaarina Sivonen D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kaarina Sivonen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Finland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Finland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Kaarina Sivonen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing extensively to both fields.

Their work covers several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Pharmacology
  • Biotechnology
  • Molecular Biology

Kaarina Sivonen's main research topics include:

  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Several recent publications illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "CyanoMetDB, a comprehensive public database of secondary metabolites from cyanobacteria" (2021), published in Water Research
  • "Phylogenomic Analysis of Secondary Metabolism in the Toxic Cyanobacterial Genera Anabaena, Dolichospermum and Aphanizomenon" (2020), published in Toxins
  • "Comprehensive database of secondary metabolites from cyanobacteria" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Chemical diversity and cellular effects of antifungal cyclic lipopeptides from cyanobacteria" (2021), published in Physiologia Plantarum
  • "Shared PKS Module in Biosynthesis of Synergistic Laxaphycins" (2020), published in Frontiers in Microbiology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • David P. Fewer
  • Jouni Jokela
  • Matti Wahlsten
  • Ernani Pinto
  • Hanna Mazur-Marzec

Kaarina Sivonen often publishes in specific venues, with multiple works featured in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Toxins
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Physiologia Plantarum
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: Overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

    Paul G. Arnison;Mervyn J. Bibb;Gabriele Bierbaum;Albert Alexander Bowers

  • Minimum Information about a Biosynthetic Gene cluster.

    Marnix H. Medema;Marnix H. Medema;Renzo Kottmann;Pelin Yilmaz;Matthew Cummings

  • Improving the coverage of the cyanobacterial phylum using diversity-driven genome sequencing

    Patrick M. Shih;Patrick M. Shih;Dongying Wu;Amel Latifi;Seth D. Axen

  • Phylogenetic evidence for the early evolution of microcystin synthesis

    Anne Rantala;David P. Fewer;Michael Hisbergues;Leo Rouhiainen

  • Effects of light, temperature, nitrate, orthophosphate, and bacteria on growth of and hepatotoxin production by Oscillatoria agardhii strains.

    Kaarina Sivonen

  • Occurrence of the hepatotoxic cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena in the Baltic Sea and structure of the toxin.

    K Sivonen;K Kononen;W W Carmichael;A M Dahlem

  • Variation of microcystins, cyanobacterial hepatotoxins, in Anabaena spp. as a function of growth stimuli

    Jarkko Rapala;Kaarina Sivonen;Christina Lyra;Seppo I. Niemela

  • Cyanobacterial toxins and toxin production

    Kaarina Sivonen

  • Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus on growth of toxic and nontoxic Microcystis strains and on intracellular microcystin concentrations.

    C. Vézie;J. Rapala;Jaana Vaitomaa;J. Seitsonen

  • Phylogenetic and morphological evaluation of the genera Anabaena, Aphanizomenon, Trichormus and Nostoc (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria).

    Pirjo Rajaniemi;Pavel Hrouzek;Klára Kaštovská;Raphaël Willame

  • Quantitative real-time PCR for determination of microcystin synthetase e copy numbers for microcystis and anabaena in lakes.

    Jaana Vaitomaa;Anne Rantala;Katrianna Halinen;Leo Rouhiainen

  • Nonribosomal Peptide Synthesis and Toxigenicity of Cyanobacteria

    Brett A. Neilan;Brett A. Neilan;Elke Dittmann;Leo Rouhiainen;R. Amanda Bass

  • Atlas of nonribosomal peptide and polyketide biosynthetic pathways reveals common occurrence of nonmodular enzymes

    Hao Wang;David P. Fewer;Liisa Holm;Leo Rouhiainen

  • High diversity of cultivable heterotrophic bacteria in association with cyanobacterial water blooms.

    Katri A Berg;Katri A Berg;Christina Lyra;Christina Lyra;Kaarina Sivonen;Lars Paulin

  • Growth, nitrogen fixation, and nodularin production by two baltic sea cyanobacteria.

    J Lehtimaki;P Moisander;K Sivonen;K Kononen

  • Toxic cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) in Finnish fresh and coastal waters

    K. Sivonen;S. I. Niemelä;R. M. Niemi;L. Lepistö

  • PCR-based identification of microcystin-producing genotypes of different cyanobacterial genera

    Michael Hisbergues;Guntram Christiansen;Leo Rouhiainen;Kaarina Sivonen

  • BASIC: Baltic Sea cyanobacteria. An investigation of the structure and dynamics of water blooms of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea responses to a changing environment.

    LJ Stal;P Albertano;B Bergman;K von Bröckel

  • Genes Coding for Hepatotoxic Heptapeptides (Microcystins) in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena Strain 90

    Leo Rouhiainen;Tanja Vakkilainen;Berit Lumbye Siemer;William Buikema

  • Persistence of cyanobacterial hepatotoxin, microcystin-LR in particulate material and dissolved in lake water

    Kirsti Lahti;Jarkko Rapala;Michael Färdig;Maija Niemelä

Frequent Co-Authors

Wayne W. Carmichael
Wayne W. Carmichael Wright State University
Kenneth L. Rinehart
Kenneth L. Rinehart University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eva-Mari Aro
Eva-Mari Aro University of Turku
Ken-ichi Harada
Ken-ichi Harada Meijo University
Stein Ove Døskeland
Stein Ove Døskeland University of Bergen
Yagut Allahverdiyeva
Yagut Allahverdiyeva University of Turku
Cheryl A. Kerfeld
Cheryl A. Kerfeld Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gianluca De Bellis
Gianluca De Bellis National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Pia H. Moisander
Pia H. Moisander University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen
Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen University of Helsinki

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